Allegan boys bowling sets school record at Rockford Invitational
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor ROCKFORD—Talk about starting strong.In its first game at the Rockford Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 29, the Allegan boys bowling team posted a 1,062 to set a new school record by seven pins. Andrew Snyder (249), Trenton…
Student sues PCS for violating his religious freedoms
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A federal lawsuit filed on Thursday, Jan. 27, claims Plainwell Community Schools suspended a high school student for sharing his Christian beliefs with other students.Great Lakes Justice Center filed the complaint on behalf of Plainwell High…
Plainwell hosts Chocolate Stroll
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Chocolate lovers, rejoice.Just in time for Valentine’s Day weekend, the City of Plainwell is hosting The Chocolate Stroll on Saturday, Feb. 12. The event will combine sweet treats with sweet deals at participating businesses in the…
Sheriff receives large donation for new K-9
The Holland Michigan Kennel Club and President Kim Caines presented Sheriff Baker with a check for $13,500 last week during a gathering at the Sheriff’s office. This large donation was for the purchase of a new police K9. This will…
Residents mixed about Roundabout
By Leslie Ballard After people studied the conceptual drawing for the proposed roundabout at M-89/M40/Hubbard St./Ely St, they had this to say:“That’s a dangerous spot so I’m glad they are doing something. It takes awhile to figure them out, but…
Student sues PCS for violating his religious freedoms
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A federal lawsuit filed on Thursday, Jan. 27, claims Plainwell Community Schools suspended a high school student for sharing his Christian beliefs with other students.Great Lakes Justice Center filed the complaint on behalf of Plainwell High…
Mike’s Musings: Get a Chuckle Out of These Laws
From time to time, I like to delve into the ancient annals of our history books to hu-mor myself with laws our representatives have enacted. Here’s a few silly laws I found. Michigan LawsThe City of Detroit passed an ordinance…
Life as Performance Art
“Vax or Tax” is an idea be-ing seriously considered in the Quebec Provincial Legis-lature and picking up trac-tion elsewhere.The basic premise is people who refuse to receive the full dose of the Covid-19 vac-cination are far more likely to become…
Allegan boys get past Lee
1By Jason WesseldykSports Editor A strong start helped propel the Allegan boys basketball team to a win over Wyoming Lee on Tuesday, Jan. 18.The Tigers jumped out to an 18-9 advantage after one quarter and led the rest of the…
Allegan bowlers beat Otsego, Plainwell
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan girls bowling team remained unbeaten in Wolverine Conference play thanks to wins over Otsego (29-1 on Wednesday, Jan. 19) and Plainwell (30-0 on Friday, Jan. 21).In the Otsego match, the Tigers won game won…
Otsego posts first dual win over Marshall in six years
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—Six long years. Make that six long years.That’s how long it had been since the Otsego boys swim & dive team had beaten Marshall in a dual meet, dating back to January 2016. That also happened…
Otsego fifth grader reaches semis of playwriting contest
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Like brother, like sister.After watching her brother Colin advance to the finals of the Grand Rapids Civic Theater’s Ten for All playwriting competition last year, McKenna Wesseldyk decided to enter the contest this year.And earlier this…
Filkins appointed fo fill vacancy on PCS board of ed
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Plainwell Community Schools—like districts throughout the state—held its Board of Education meetings remotely via Zoom.It was during this time that Ann Filkins had the opportunity to observe several of the meetings.“The…
Plainwell Robotics Club hosts first tournament
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the past few years, Plainwell Robotics Club director Joe Gentile and others associated with the club have been working toward the goal of hosting a tournament.That goal became a reality on Saturday, Jan. 22, when…
Masks required at OPS’s Washington St. Elementary
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorOn Monday, Jan. 10, the Otsego Public Schools Board of Education approved COVID-19 mitigation procedures that would require face masks inside district buildings under certain conditions.On Wednesday, Jan. 19, the first building in the district fell into…
Seniors Live It Up By Volunteering
By Gari VossSenior living for citizens over the age of 60 or 65 includes productive activities that can beaccomplished while enjoying a different pace of life. Though there may be some health issuescreeping in, seniors have found that volunteering promotes…
City Council Meeting – 1/24/22
January 24, 2022Leslie Ballard The January 24 City Council held a lengthy Study Session prior to its meeting that included discussionitems on the Hubbard Street realignment, improved communications strategies and the future of 211 ½Trowbridge. Proposed Roundabout MDOT engineers provided…
Broadband group eyes project manager
By John Raffel Correspondent ALLEGAN – The county’s broadband action group is scheduling interviews this week with applicants for its project manager position. Seven individuals have responded to the advertisement announcing the job, county commission chairman Jim Storey announced. “The…
Obituary: Betty A. McLaughlin
MCLAUGHLIN, Betty A. Otsego, MI Betty passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Kalamazoo. She was born at home on October 14, 1927 to Isac and Daisy (Fouts) DeKilder, the youngest of four children. Betty enjoyed playing both card and…
Obituary: Pauline “Virginia” Smith
Pauline “Virginia” Smith, 96, ended her long struggle with dementia early Sunday morning, January 16,2022, just 8 days short of her 97 th birthday. She had been a resident at Allegan Medical Care Communitysince her stroke in March, 2019.Virginia was…
